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There is a lot of entertainment and instruction in it. Hend a dime and get the souvenir puzzle by return mail. Address "Press Club Souvenir," Ttmple Court, New York City. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ABSQHJf ELY PURE CASTLES IN THE AIR. With frescoes and costly cihlings, With tapestries soft and rare, X have furnished those noble buildings My castles in the air. But I turn from the halls that glitter And sparkle with every gem, For I know that his lot is bitter Who tries to live in them. -Harry Homaine in Ladies' Home Journal. THE SCOUT'S HIDE. Christmas day, 1862, found the Army of the Potomac in winter quarters near Falmouth, Va., writes Major George F. Williams in The Rider and Driver. With that elasticity of spirit bo characteristic of the veterivn soldier, the Union troous had already recovered from the effect:! of that terrible battle at Fredericksburg, when the several corps were buffeted by Lee's guns on St. Mary's Heights. Many a familiar face was missing: from the ranks, but convalescents were rapidly arriving from the hospital, and the army was preparing for its approaching sprin;; and summer campaign, which ended at Gettysburg. While his staff was exchanging Christmas greetings soon after reveillo General Hooker summoned to his pres ence Jim White, one of the headquarters scouts. "White," said the general, "I learn from Washington that it is believed that the rcbs contemplate a movement through the Loudon valley. You must go and ascertain if this is true." "All right, general," replied the scout, with a brief salute as he turned to leave the tent. "What route will you take?" asked the general. "I shall go by the Warrenton road and leave our lines from the pickets of General Sykes' regulars. From Warren ton to Aldie gap is a day's ride, and then I will be in the valley." "I hope to see you (hen iu five days." "If I get back at all, sir, you will see me on New Year's eve. It can't be done any quicker." "Very well. Go and get your pass." It was a great disappointment for Jim White, this being summoned for danger ous duty on Christmas day, for he had intended being one of the guests of a comrade who had received a fat turkey from home. But, putting aside all thought of the proposed festivity, Jim got his pass for the picket line, and sad dling his horse rode away from head quarters. Beaching the little village of Aldie on the afternoon of the second day, Jim rode through the gap as the setting sun began to gild the mountain tops. Dressed in faded butternut, the usual costume of a Virginia farmer, the Bcout hal met with no adventure, and he was looking forward to a speedy termination to his errand. The horse Jim rode was a remarkable animal. Possessing good blood and ac tion, it nevertheless was rather uncouth in appearance. Its coat was very rough, and as the scout seldom used the curry comb, the brute did not look like a fast ' one. Jim, however, knew the good qual ities of his beast, for they had often been proved in critical moments. Always adopting the character of a Virginia farmer, Jim's shaggy horse aided in the deception, and only those who knew his real character would recognize a famous scout in the queer picture he made in the saddle. "Seems to me," said the scout, solilo quizing, "those people in Washington are always finding mare's nests. Here I am in the Loudon and not a reb in Bight." As he uttered the words, Jim came to another road which crossed the one he had been following. In an instant he discovered the approach of a Confederate cavalry patrol. Accustomed to such perils, Jim very coolly checked his steed and waited for the little party. " Whar yeou cum from?" demanded the cavalry leader as he and his men rode up. "Bin down in Aldio," drawled Jim. "Went to see how things looked down thar." "B'lohg to the army?" "Well, not exactly, though I've done my share toward thinning out the Yanks." "Oh, then yon are one of Mosby's men?" "Yaas." "And whar are yeou going?" "Up by the way of Ashby gap. Prom ised to be in Martinsburg tomorrer." "Is that the road to Aldie?" "Yaas. It's the way I've come." "Well, good (Jay; wo must get through the gap tonight." "Yeou can do it easy. There's no Yanks this side of Warrenton." "Thanks." And then the patrol proceeded. Jim having mentioned Ashby gap was com pelled to take the road just left by the Confederates, for unless he did go he knew their suspicions might be aroused. Thanking his lucky stars for getting by them so easily, Jim supposed ho had es caped. Ho had not yet got out of sight, however, when he heard one of the men say: " 'Pears to me, sargint, that fellow's a Yank. Mebbe he's a scout." Jim White dug his mpun into his horse's flanks.. The animal started off on a gallop. Having got so good a t tart, the scout decided to risk everything by instant flight. The rapid reverberations of his horse's hoofs on the frozen earth betrayed ins purpose, ana ine putrui was soon thundering in pursuit after him. Jim knew that he was in danger of being shot, but as he was also aware that the aim of galloping horsemen is always very uncertain he entertained very little fear on that score. To him capture now meant certain death at the end of a rope swung over the convenient trunk of a tree. Unless he could outstrip his pur suers his career as a Union scout was at an end. On and on rode the fugitive scout and his pursuers, the latter occasionally giv ing voice to the yell so often heard from Confederate throats. Gradually the dis tance between Jim and the patrol wi dened, and it seemed tolerably clear that the scout would ultimately escape by the superior speed of his horse. Gleefully looking up the straight road that led to the gap, Jim's heart sudden ly .stopped beating, for he had just dis covered the approach of another body of horsemen. His sharp eyes told him that the newcomers were enemies. He bad apparently fallen into a trap. But Jim White would never have suc ceeded as a scout had his wits been less sharp. He had been in similar straits before, yet had escaped. By a sudden twist of his rein he compelled the animal nnder him to make a bolt to the right, and almost at the same instant the horse made a leap over the stone fence. Then, stretching out on a furious gallop, his steed was soon crossing the field of snow strewn stubble. Both of the Confederate patrols fol lowed, but as they were delayed in get ting over the fence Jim had meantime reached the other side of the field, his horse leaping a wide ditch in his stride. Two or three carbines were emptied at him as the horse rose from the leap, but all the bullets went wide of their mark. It was now a test of speed and endur ance, and Jim had again a sanguine hope of escape. He knew the valley wejl, and as he rode gallantly forward the thought entered his busy brain that on the other ride of a small wood he was approaching there was a road leading toward the Eiver Potomac. He also remembered that a mile or two below there was a bridge across a narrow creek, and he at once formed the plan by which he finally eluded his pursuers. It took only a few seconds to enter the wood and dash through it. On reaching the road he darted off again, being fully a mile ahead when the Confederates took up his trail. In less than 10 seconds Jim hud reached the bridge, it being just be yond a sharp turn in the road, thus shut ting him out of the sight of the united patrols. Suddenly reining in, he dismounted and led his horse under the bridge. Once there, he covered tho animal's nose with his hat to check its labored breathing and ordered it to kneel. The command was promptly obeyed by the docile steed, it seeming to recognize its master's peril. Standing there, ready for any emergency, the scout calmly waited, hearing the sharp clatter of the Confederates as they rapidly approached. Nearer and nearer came the thundering hoofs, and a mo ment later they rattled on the bridge. The trained and intelligent animal gave no sign of its presence, and in a few min utes the pursuing party was out of sight and hearing. Then Jim returned to the road and galloped away up tho valley. He reached Aldie gap late in the night, and passing through without challenge bivouacked in a wood near the Center ville road. Ho reached General Hooker on New Year's eve and made his report, and thus it was that Jim White's shaggy but fleet steed saved him from capture and death. True Flag. . Trouble With a Cook. Mrs. Joshua and her family desired to acquire the correct Parisian accent and therefore engaged a French cook a lady whose pot au feu had attained more than universal reputation. But no English household can live on fricasses, raie au beurre noir and asperges frappees. and when, therefore, the French cuisiniore was asked to supply a British breakfast the result was a failure. Tho mistress, naturally enough, expostulated with the cook, who replied in tho latest Parisian style. "Millo tounerres," sho cried, "you no like my preakfast plan plan," and at each word she hurled a plate or cup to the floor and danced upon the at oms. At such a game the largest supply of china must become exhausted, and when the Cadogan square French cook had danced upon the last atom she was able to manufacture, she took up a kitchen knife and, like the famous Valol, not only threatened in chagrin to end her own days, but to finish some other person's also. It took four or five fellow servants to hold her down until the mistress read the sentence of formal and immediate dismissal. The cuisiniore now sued Mrs. Joshua in tho Westminster county court for a month's wages in lieu of notice, but the judge held that, no matter how the law stood in France, her conduct was not in consonance with English cus tom and therefore merited dismissal. London Telegraph. A Fluntraled Pilgrim. A good pilgrim story comes from Rome. It appears that among the Irish pilgrims to the Eternal City was a cer tain shopkeeper from Mullingar. This gentleman looked forward with more concern than any of his fellow travelers to seeing his holiness ami on the morn ing of the audience at the Vatican was beside himself with excitement. Now it o bannened that when the Irish rjilgrims were about to enter that particular part of the Vatican where the pope was wait ing to receive them, the shopkeeper from Mullingar got separated from the rest of his friends and turning the handle of a ponderous door found himself in the presence of the august head of the Ro man Catholic church. The blood almost froze in his veins, and in vain did he look for a face that he recognized. The splendor, too, of the papal court did not improve matters. So what he did was to throw himself on his knees at the feet of the pope and shout out, loud enough to be heard in every corner of the vast chamber, "O howly father, Oi'm from Mullingar 1" Yorkshire (England) Post. Aluminium Plating. Much interest has been aroused by the electroplating of the iron work of the Philadelphia city hall tower with alumi nium. It is expected that three years will be occupied iu completing the work, as the process of aluminium plating is very tedious, and there is a surface of 50, 000 square feet to be covered. The iron is first given baths of caustic soda, of dilute sulphuric acid and of copper solution in immense tanks 28 feet long, 4 feet wide and 5 feet deep. The aluminium tank holds about 7,000 gallons and receives the work after it has been dipped. Nearly 10 tons of aluminium will be required to coat the whole surface. New York Telegram. Cause For Grief. "My good man," inquired the tender hearted old lady, ' 'are you in any trouble? Why do you stand there wringing your hands?" '"Cause," replied the tramp, "I jest washed 'em." New York Sun. Bnckle n's Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for outs brnises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped bunds, chilblains oorns and all skin eruptions, and posi tively onres piles, or no pay required. It is Buamnteed to cive perfeot satisfaotion or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Slooum-Jobnson Drug Company. THE WESTERN PEDAGOGUE. We are in receipt of the May number of our state school, paper. It exoeed any of the former numbers ir. value. The paper this month contains many new and valuable' features. The illus trated series on tbe schools of tbe state is introduced by a paper on tbe Friends Polytechnic Institute at Salem, Oregon. 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The modem sewing-machine Is a miracle of Ingenuity the product of the toil of hundreds of busy brains through a hundred and lilty years, but tbe whole bril liant result rests upon the simple device of putting the eye of the needle at the poim In stead of at the other end. The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. No Ammonia; No Alum. Used in Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard. THE LITTLE THINGS THE MOMT VALUABLE. Comparatively few people regard themielvi as Inventors, but almost every body hat been struck, atone time or another, with Ideal that seem calculated to reduce some of the little frictions of life. Usually such ideas are dis missed wlthoutfurther thought. , "Why don't the railroad company make Its car windows so that they can be slid up and down without breaking the passengers' back?" ex claims the traveler. "If I were running the road I would make them in such a way." "What was the man who made the saucepan thinking of?" grumbles the cook. "He never had to work over a stove, or he would have known how It ought to have been fixed." "Hang such a collar button!" growls a man who is late.'for breakfast. "If I were in tbe business I'd make buttons that wouldn't slip out. or break off, or gouge out the back of my neck And the various sufferers forgot about their grievances and began to think of something else. If they would set down the hext con venieut opportunity, put their ideas about car windows, saucepans and collar buttons Into practical shape, and then apply for patents they might find themselves as Independently wealthy as the man who invented the iron umbrella ring, or the one who patented the fifteen puzzle. A TEMPTING OFFER. To induce the people to keep track of their bright Ideas and see what there in them, the Press Claims Company has resolve in . irize. To the person who eubmite to It Ihe simpleet and most premising invention, from a commercial point of view. Ilia rn.n.. ...... grive twenty-live hundred dollar ... in uaaiiion to refunding the fees for securing; a patent. It will also advertise the Inven. lion free of charge. This offer Is subject to the following condi tions: Every competitor must obtain a patent for his invention through tho company. He must flrstapply for a preliminary search, the cost of which will be five dollars. Should this seach show his Invention to be unpatentable, he can withdraw without further expense. Otherwise he will he pirnMiaH ,.vlku w kuulIJCUI uls application and take out a patent In the regu- j us ioiai expense, including the Government and Rurenu fo ,m k dollars. For this, whether he secures a prize or not. the inventor will have a patent that ought to be a valuable property to him. The mm ue awaruea oy a mry consisting of three reputable patent attorneys of Washlhg ton. Intended competitors should fill out the following blank, and forward it with their application: " , 1893. "I submit the within described Invention in competition for the Twenty-five hundred Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claims Company." NO BLANKS IN THIS COOTPETIOft. This Is a competition of rather an unusol na ture. It Is common to offer prizes for the best story, or picture, or architectural plan, all the competitors risking the loss of their labor and the successful one merely selling his for the amouu of the prize. But the Press Claims Company's offer Is something entirely differ ent. Each person is asked merely to help him self, and the one who helps him self to the best advantage is to be rewarded by doing it. The prize Is only a stimulus to do something that would be well worth doing without It. The architect whose competitive plan for a club house on a certain corner Is not occept ed has spent his labor on something of very Ittle use to him. But the person who patents a slmplo and useful device in the Prs. fMim. Company's competition, need not worry if he ian 10 secure a prize. He has a substantial result to show for his work one timt on command its value iu the market at any time. The man who uses anv article In bin .n work ought to know better how to improve it thun the mechanical exnert. who .inHlo. It only from the theoretical point of view. Get rm 01 the idea that an improvement can be too simple to be worth patenting. The simpler the better. The person who best combining simplicity and popularity, will get tho Press Claims Company's twenty-five hun dred dollars. The resnonsibilitv of thin romnnnv mi. h. Judged from the fact that Its stock Is held by aonui inree nunuroa oithc leading newspapers of the United States. Address the Press Claims Company, John Woddvrhurn, managing attorney, 618 street K. W., Washington, I). C. G. A. It. NOTICE. We take this opportunity of informing our subscribers that the new commis sioner of pensions has been appointed He is an old soldier, and we believe that soldiers and their heirs will re ceive justice at his hands. We do not anticipate that there will be any radioal changes in the administration of pension affairs under the new regime. We would advise, however, that TJ. S. soldiers, sailors and their heirs, take steps to make application at onoe, if they have not already done so, in order to secure the benefit of the early filing of their claims in case there should be any future pension legislation. Snob, legislation is seldom retroaotive. There fore it is of great importance that ap plications be tiled in tbe department at the earliest possible date. If the U. S. soldiers, sailors, or their widows, children or parents desire in formation in regard to pension matter, they should write to the Press Claim Company, at Washington, 1). C, and they will prepare and send the necessary ' application, if they find them entitled under the numerous laws enacted for their benefit. Address PHK.HH CLAIMS COMPANY, John Weddkkburn, Managing Attor ney, Washington, D. C, P. O. Box 885 tf.